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Facebook is planning to launch its long-awaited standalone Oculus Go virtual reality headset at the company’s F8 developer conference on May 1, 2018, according to a report from Variety. The standalone VR headset was unveiled last October and will cost

2017 was a year of lawsuits in the tech world. From Uber vs Waymo, to Apple vs Qualcomm, there was no dearth of courtroom drama in the past year. Looks like the legacy continues in 2018 too. Online dating app

Coding is an art that many think requires a high level of specialist training and knowledge. Well, that’s not the case anymore. Today technology has made so much progress that a 10-year old kid can learn the basics of coding while

The EDP Cell of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), in collaboration with Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) team of National e-Governance Division (NeGD), has developed new ‘Lost and Found’ functionality in the Umang app that will help users

To counter the growing popularity of Reliance Jio, Vodafone has announced a new recharge plan for Rs 21. Under this new plan, Vodafone will offer unlimited 4G/3G data for a period of one hour with a validity of one day.

Gurgaon-based, hotel aggregator Oyo has acquired Chennai-based service apartment operator Novascotia Boutique Homes marking Oyo’s entry into the service apartment and corporate executive stay segment. The development was first reported by ET. According to the report, the negotiations for the deal started last October and

Spotify, the global music streaming platform is finally coming to India. Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek confirmed the launch at the company’s Investor Day 2018 presentation. “We are working on launching in some of the biggest markets in the

The days of carrying passports and boarding passes while boarding a flight will soon be a thing of past, thanks to a new solution. SITA is using its extensive airline and airport expertise, to ensure fast and easy implementation for

Online grocery startup, Grofers has raised Rs 400 crore in a fresh funding round led by SoftBank. The company says that the new funds will be utilised to build more private labels and improve supply chain. Tiger Global, the New York-based

Generally, users tend to click more pictures than videos. The reason being that videos take up a lot of space on your phone. But not anymore. VoxWeb, the Singapore-based social networking company has launched its new iMessage app that enables

In today’s connected times, when spending even few minutes without the Internet leaves us jittery, a day without it is like a nightmare. But not in Bali, which will be observing 24-hour Internet shut down tomorrow to mark Nyepi, or Balinese

Tobii, the eye-tracking hardware company has partnered with Qualcomm to make eye-tracking technology available in Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 VR headsets. Tobii president, Oscar Werner said, “Increased interest in the untethered, mobile VR segment in conjunction with Qualcomm’s innovation and technology

The augmented reality gaming market is about to change forever, as Google is opening its Maps API to allow developers to build more location-based games like Nintendo’s Pokemon Go. The Maps API will help developers to more easily create gameplay

Early this year in January, the whole tech world braced two security attacks named Spectre and Meltdown that impacted every single Intel processor. The two vulnerabilities provided access to sensitive data such as username and password. Intel, therefore, announced security fixes

Facebook’s Instant Games platform which was launched in 2016, has been made available to all developers. The Instant Games platform lets developers build and monetize games for the News Feed as well as Messenger. The Facebook Instant Games Platform is an

Google Assistant has learnt a new language- Hindi, making it all the more useful for people who prefer native Hindi to English. Google has officially announced Hindi support for its voice-based Google Assistant on Android phones running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above. It

Finally, Broadcom has decided to withdraw its takeover bid for Qualcomm after POTUS blocked the deal for security reasons. Trump issued an order where he stated that there is credible evidence that if Broadcom takes over Qualcomm, the company “might

Robots taking up human jobs is not a news anymore. Well, more and more robots are doing things that we used to do earlier. Remember Arya, the tea making robot who can make you a perfect ‘adrak-elaichi chai whenever you

Data speeds and network coverage across India has once again come into focus as OpenSignal has published a report on mobile 4G networks. As per the report, Navi Mumbai has garnered the top spot in terms of 4G LTE download

Google has decided to ban all ads related to cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, as part of its crackdown on the high-risk financial products. The search engine giant announced an update to its policy which says it will begin to block